Jigsaw Puzzle: Free Online Jigsaw Puzzles and a Daily Picture

Jigsaw Puzzle: Daily Picture is our own jigsaw game with twelve bright, detailed pictures made for it: a lighthouse at sunset, hot-air balloons over a valley, a mountain lake, city lights at night, a tropical beach, tulip fields, an autumn forest, a desert evening, a trip out into space, a snowy village, a fishing harbour and a blossom garden. Pick a picture and a size, from an easy 12 pieces up to a challenging 150, and the picture is cut into classic jigsaw pieces with round tabs and blanks. Every puzzle has its own cut and small changes to the picture, so the same scene never plays quite the same way twice.

Drag a piece onto its spot in the picture and it clicks into place. Two pieces that belong side by side click together wherever you join them, and from then on they move as one group, so you can build a corner or a whole stretch of sky off to the side and then slide it in. Snapping is generous, so you never have to line a piece up to the pixel. A faint copy of the picture on the board shows where things go; switch it off in the settings for a harder puzzle.

On a computer the loose pieces lie around the board, the way they would on a table. On a phone the board fills the screen's width and the pieces wait in a tray underneath (or beside it when the phone is on its side): swipe the tray to look through them, pull one out onto the board, or tap it to drop it on an empty part of the board. Drag a single piece back to the tray to put it away. Three free tools help you along. Edges shows only the border pieces, the usual place to start. Preview shows the whole picture. Scatter spreads the loose pieces out again so none hide under the others.

Every day there is a new daily picture, the same for everyone: one scene, one cut and 48 pieces, new at midnight UTC. Finish it within 90 seconds for the full 1000 points. After that each second costs one point, never going under 100, and your first finish of the day goes on the leaderboard. The clock stops while the game is paused or in the background.

The only paid item is a hint for 10 gems, which puts one piece in its place for you: a piece next to the part you have already finished, or a border piece if you have not started. Hints never change the daily score. Your puzzle is saved as you go, so you can close the page and carry on later, and the game keeps your best time for every picture and size. Jigsaw Puzzle: Daily Picture is free to play in your browser with no download or sign-up, and its pictures, sound effects and music are all made for the game.